Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:07:36 -0800
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, sandmann@redhat.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: add the debugfs interface for the sysprof tool
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:58:42 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 11:26 -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> 
> > feel free to reinvent a whole GUI just to avoid a 200 line kernel
> > module. sysprof is here. it works. 
> 
> > the gui is REALLY nice.
> 
> I guess we have to agree to disagree here. Its plain useless from my
> POV.

that's fine. Different tools for different people. sysprof isn't aimed
at kernel developers.

"If all you have is an allen wrench, everything looks like Ikea"

it's ok to have different tools for really different things


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